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I finished up this project on Monday when I was dyeing kitchen towels. I hadn’t tried Shibori dyeing any of my woven scarves before, so I thought I’d give it a go. I’m mostly happy with the results, but there are a few things I would do differently next time–both with the weaving and the dyeing. Finished scarf is now available in my Etsy Shop.
I got a bit of a late start with my weaving in the new year, but since I wove so much October-December of 2020, I’m not beating myself up over it.
For this project, I used Blue Heron hand dyed cotton/rayon seed yarn for the warp and a two-ply blue cotton for the weft. I’m not a big fan of cotton, but I have a good bit of this yarn, so I figured I should go ahead and weave it up.
I did love the texture of the rayon seeds on the warp yarn, but it did snag a bit while I was weaving. Overall, I’m pleased with the results of the scarf.
This scarf is available for purchase in my Etsy Shop.
Yesterday, I decided to dress my 32″ Kromski Harp loom with more remnant yarns for another shawl (or scarf)–this time beech tree fiber blend yarn, merino & cotton blend yarn, and brushed alpaca as the weft yarn. This scarf was a fairly quick weave and I finished it in half a day.
I warped my 32″ Kromski Harp loom this morning for the first time in a few weeks. I needed a break from weaving–but now I’m starting to get twitchy since I’m isolated at home.
I chose a linen/cotton/nettle blend yarn (fingering weight) for this project. I was thinking of a light, open weave warm weather scarf when I warped my loom. It’s already in the mid to high seventies here, temp-wise –though it’s starting to cool down a little, so I figured why not go ahead and weave some spring/summer items.
I plan to weave Spanish lace (pyramid-style design) on one side, while the other side will be plain, open weave.
See my other projects on my main blog/website: www.ewhandwoven.com
December 2019 was a blur for me and my family. My father underwent a major emergency surgery on December 7th after three weeks of being sick with an undiagnosed illness. He spent 25 days in the hospital and underwent 4 procedures during that time. My mother never left his side, so I did a lot of running around on her behalf until my father finally got to come home on December 30th.
I did, however, manage to get several weaving and a knitting project completed when I wasn’t at the hospital. Weaving (and knitting) kept my hands busy while my mind worried about my dad. Thankfully, he is on the mend and I am now able to look forward to new projects in 2020.
Here a few that I completed in December:
This past Friday, I spent all day on the road (7:45 am-8:15pm) participating in the Deep South Yarn Hop. My yarn shop co-worker and I visited all three Nashville area shops and then barely made it south to the Gadsden shop before it closed at 6pm. When I got home after 8pm (with my hands filled with new yarn and fiber), I was ready to go to bed. Saturday, I taught two classes at the yarn shop (an intermediate weaving class and a Yarn 101 class), which meant I didn’t get home until after 6pm when it was all said and done.
Some friends were coming over at 6:30, so I had just enough time to warp my loom before they pulled into the driveway. I ended up in bed before 10pm, so the loom would have to wait until the next morning.
Sunday, I wove off and on all day long and ended up weaving two finished scarves. The first was woven from Berroco Sesame yarn (7430 “pickled ginger” colorway), and the second was from Noro Tennen (“Alpine” colorway #25). I’ve never woven the warp and weft with only Noro before (it’s single ply and notorious for breaking), but I was successful in this attempt and I’m pleased with the results.
Fiber Content: Berroco Sesame (43% Wool/ 39% Acrylic/ 9% Cotton/ 9% Nylon); Noro Tennen (50% Wool/25% Silk/25% Alpaca)
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